A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c21.138

v1.c21.138

Jātūkarṇa is traditionally regarded as the author of a lost saṃhitā on kāyacikitsā. 417 A Jātūkarṇatantra and -saṃhitā are recorded in the list of Kavīndrācārya’s manuscripts. 418 The Jātūkarṇasaṃhitā was accessible to Niścalakara, since he consulted three old copies of this treatise in order to test the correctness of a particular reading. 419 Cakrapāṇidatta remarks that the work of Jātūkarṇa was not, like the Agniveśatantra, redacted subsequently by another author. 420